teek
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of teek
C21: Punjabi
Example Sentences
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There was the old-fashioned square piano in its carven case, and cabinets from China or East India; also a lacquered Japanese screen, marble-topped tables of filigreed teek, brackets of inlaid ebony.
From In the Footprints of the Padres by Charles Warren Stoddard
Miss Joolia," he exclaimed, with what was intended for a polite bow, "I hope you will pardon me for this third liberty I teek in offering to spake to you.
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
Me boy," said O'Halloran to me, affectionately, "ye haven't had so much ixpayrieence as I have, so I'll teek the liberty to give ye a small bit of instherruction.
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille
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